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flag male ancestor  Samuel Garrett  BYER

Born
16 June 1851 ,  Potts Creek, Alleghany, Virginia, USA
Died
5 May 1895 ,  Alleghany, Virginia, USA
Samuel Garrett  married  Martha "Mattie" Evaline DOSS 14 January 1875 in Monroe, West Virginia, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha "Mattie" Evaline DOSS  was born abt. 1857 in Monroe, West Virginia, USA. 
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Samuel Garrett  married  Martha "Mattie" Evaline DOSS 14 January 1875 in Monroe, West Virginia, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Martha "Mattie" Evaline DOSS  was born abt. 1857 in Monroe, West Virginia, USA. 
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Samuel Garrett BYER married flag female ancestor Martha "Mattie" Evaline DOSS
Marriage date: 14 January 1875
Marriage place: Monroe, West Virginia, USA

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BirthBirth — 1851
16 June 1851
Potts Creek, Alleghany, Virginia, USA
U.S. President1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States
Invention 1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)
U.S. President1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States
News1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.
Invention 1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser
News1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.
U.S. President1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
News1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.
News1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Invention 1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)
U.S. PresidentApril 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
U.S. President1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
marriage1875 Marriage / Partner
Samuel Garrett BYER and Martha "Mattie" Evaline DOSS 14 January 1875, Monroe, West Virginia, USA

He was 23 years old.
1875 Birth of Child
Margaret "Maggie" Helen BYER was born 30 October 1875, Covington, Alleghany, Virginia, USA

Samuel Garrett was 24 years old.
Invention 1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
U.S. President1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States
Invention 1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.
Invention 1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)
News1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
U.S. President1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States
U.S. President1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.
Invention 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
U.S. President1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
News1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled
Invention 1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)
U.S. President1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States
Invention 1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
U.S. President1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States
DeathDeath — 1895
5 May 1895
Alleghany, Virginia, USA
He died at the age of 43.
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